Drapery supporting means



June 25, 1957 ROSENZWEIG 2,796,625

DRAPERY SUPPORTING MEANS Filed March 14, 1955- INVENTOR.

ROS ENZWEIG PHILIP ATTORNEYS United States Patent DRAPERY SUPPORTINGMEANS Philip Rosenzweig, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 14, 1955, Serial No. 493,940

2 Claims. (Cl. 1687.4)

This application relates to drapery supports and particularly relates toa novel form of slider or carrier for a slotted or traverse trackdesigned to receive and to support a drape supporting means in propermanner.

An object of the present invention is to provide a socketed slider whosesocket is oblique and in a vertical plane, with the lower part of thesocket behind the upper part, and the upper part directly below thetrack.

Such device is shown in the appended drawing which shows a slotted trackin transverse section, with a slider, a drape supporting means, and afragment of drape all in place and with the slider and the drapesupporting means being in the preferred form.

The drawing shows a rearwardly slotted or traverse track in which mayslide horizontally a plurality of sliders or carriers 12, each having abody portion 13, a depending member 14 and a socket means 30 whosesocket 16 closely fits and receives the hook 18 of a drape supportingmeans 19 which includes a drape engaging part 20 which engages the upperedge portion 22 of a drape whose lower part is referenced 24.

While the drape engaging part 20 of the drape supporting means maycomprise one or more fingers it is understood that for the purposes ofthis application the drape "ice engaging part is considered simply as ameans for rigidifying the upper edge of the drape and for connecting itto the hook proper 18 whereby the drape as a whole may be supported inthe slider 12 and thus in the track 10.

For purposes of illustration I have shown a drape engaging part of threefinger form as shown in my prior application Serial No. 473,079 datedDecember 6, 1954 wherein the three fingers engage within pleats of adrape to stiffen the upper part of the drape and to support it.

The drawing shows the socket 16 in a vertical plane and so obliqued thatits upper end 27 is forward of its lower end 28 and yet is not forwardof track 10 or body 13, but is directly below these parts, to preventundesirable tilting and swinging of the hook not only forward but alsosidewise.

Now having described an embodiment of the invention, reference should behad to the claims which follow:

What is claimed is:

l. A slider for movement in a track member, said slider comprising abody portion slidably movable in said track member, a vertical memberdepending from said body portion and supporting an oblique socket meanshaving a socket lying in a vertical plane transverse to the direction ofmovement of the slider with the upper end of the socket forward of itslower end.

2. A slider as defined in claim 1 with the upper end of the socket lyingdirectly below the body portion.

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